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My writing ‘process’
- Have an idea of a topic/title/plot while in bed in/ in the shower/ walking &c
- Write a draft in one go (~ 2-3 hours)
- Do a perfunctory spell check.
- Publish
- Read the comments and get new ideas.
And the cycle continues https://twitter.com/JamesClear/status/1344011080515907584?s=20
- Have an idea of a topic/title/plot while in bed in/ in the shower/ walking &c
- Write a draft in one go (~ 2-3 hours)
- Do a perfunctory spell check.
- Publish
- Read the comments and get new ideas.
And the cycle continues https://twitter.com/JamesClear/status/1344011080515907584?s=20
Nuance and caveats:
- I’ve been writing and journaling for years. I tried harder when I was younger.
- I read lots.
- I have a fair amount of free time and tend to think and daydream about stuff anyway
- I probably have some objective natural talent
- None of this is advice
- I’ve been writing and journaling for years. I tried harder when I was younger.
- I read lots.
- I have a fair amount of free time and tend to think and daydream about stuff anyway
- I probably have some objective natural talent
- None of this is advice
- You get better at anything with practice. Study is often masturbatory
- I find virtually all advice &discussions of creativity completely unrelatale... ‘Shitty first draft’ Huh? ‘The quality of your writing reflects the quality of your thinking.’ Really?
- Writing should be fun
- I find virtually all advice &discussions of creativity completely unrelatale... ‘Shitty first draft’ Huh? ‘The quality of your writing reflects the quality of your thinking.’ Really?
- Writing should be fun
- You can get away with anything if you have sufficient style. In writing and most likely in life.
- You find your voice when you let go of speaking in someone else’s voice (this short sentence Hemingway-eque writing advice convention is poisonous)
- Who cares what I think?
- You find your voice when you let go of speaking in someone else’s voice (this short sentence Hemingway-eque writing advice convention is poisonous)
- Who cares what I think?
- ‘The rules’ are codified ways of achieving a particular effect. If you find a different way great. But the rules are their for a reason. Because they’re generally the most effective way.
- Writing is rhythm, logic is secondary.
- People are emotional creatures.
- Writing is rhythm, logic is secondary.
- People are emotional creatures.
- Stories are how wisdom is passed down. Stories are survival information encoded in emotion. Nothing else sticks in quite the same way
- Writing= aft of faith, not trick or grammar
- I’m out of bullets
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- Writing= aft of faith, not trick or grammar
- I’m out of bullets
Like that top tweet so the Substack shilling automatic CTA kicks in
Cheers.
A sample of my wares. An essay written in one draft, as always. https://thomasjbevan.substack.com/p/diving-for-pearls
